7.05.23 – APFA DCA Base Brief – August 2023 Staffing and Allocations

August 2023 DCA Staffing and Allocations

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

When PBS processing begins, if additional Lineholders are needed, those with Reserve status will be changed to Lineholder status in the following order:

1. Tentative Flight Attendants whose preference was Lineholder in the LRD process.
2. Reserve Flight Attendants who toggled to Pref LH in the LRD who were unable to hold Lineholder status in LRD.
3. Most junior Reserve Flight Attendants involuntarily moved to Lineholder status after all the above have been utilized.

Important: If you are in one of these 3 categories above, you will want to bid 7 layers of Reserve and 7 layers of Lineholder in PBS.

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• DCA: 40,579 flying hours (+1261)
• IAD: 2,574 (+6)
• BWI: 2,975 (+329)

• August will not be a flex month; the contractual targeted credit range default is 70-90; with the higher number of projected reserves, it can be assumed we will have 2 PBS constraints at minimum 70 and 78 hrs. consistent with the increase in block hours.
• No monthly Vacation buy back for August.
• DCA August Reserve seniority begins at system seniority 24,242 OCC date September 8, 2022
• DCA is not projected to receive any new hires in August but with a possibility to receive additional NH in the fall of 2023.

Allocation Notes for August:

• +1596 total block hours over July 2023
• 849 total sequences for DCA, IAD, BWI combined.
• ODAN sequences slightly up from July
• LAX high time turns operating 14 days (1st half of the month before the schedule change) reason for less operating days is the ground time in LAX has increased with the schedule change causing the duty day to be over the contractual limitations set forth in section 11 Hours of Service
• LAX 2-day sequences -2 legs, operating 16 days RON 20:25 HRs
• PHX Pink Eye operating 30 days
• PHX high time turn operating 2 days.
• No charter/ Honor flights
• 13 speaker sequences
• 85 pure MAX sequences
• 72 sequences with 3 hours sit time down from 98 in July.
• 75 NIPD trips, DCA: NIPD RON locations: BGI, CUN, GEO, GUA, KIN
• BWI: NIPD RON: CUR, PUJ
• HNL RON operates one time in a 4-day trip/16hr layover.
• NAS one day turns -18 days.
• Sequences that we flagged and sent over to the company for review or change: 13076, 13349, 13381, 13502, 13674, 13621, 13663… These sequences have excessive legs, multiple sit times, long duty, short overnights and lengthy TAFB.

Scheduled Duty Days:

• <8 hours 45.3%
• 8-10 hours 29.4%
• 10-12 hours 22.9%
• >12 2.4%

Scheduled Legs in Duty Day:

• 1- leg: 29%
• 2-legs: 51.7%
• 3-legs:17.5%
• 4-legs: 1.8%

Scheduled Layover Rest:

• <11: 0.3%
• 11-12 hours: 3.4%
• 12-14 hours: 27%
• 16-18 hours: 18.5%
• >24 hours: 9.7%

August 2023 Bidding Timelines

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August 2023

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Final Notes for DCA:

We sent out an allocation (trip construction) survey a few weeks ago. Many have taken the survey, and the tentative results are interesting. However, if we want to go to the company with solid survey results, we ask that many more of you take the 3-minute survey.

It is much easier to advocate for better trip construction when all of you participate. We will share the results after the survey closes on July 20 @ Noon (ET). Let your voice be heard!

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Welcome New Hire class 23-17

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ARE YOU READY? WE ARE READY!

APFA Contract ACTION Team Sign Up

APFA and the Company are continuing their contract talks with the federal mediator present. What part can we play in this process and how do we make sure we are ready?

• Being union dues current. WHY? The ability to cast a vote on any upcoming ballots.
• Engaging in our contract action team terminal walks.
• Talking to co-workers and educating them on the Contract.
• Reading communications that APFA Local and National Leadership send out to keep you informed of the Negotiations process and the transparency we are sharing.
• Joining us on the picket line to show your solidarity.
• Wearing approved APFA Swag (pins, lanyards, bag tags, T-shirts) etc.

Your engagement is needed to achieve a successful negotiation and ultimately a contract that we deserve. We are happy to announce we have added additional contract action team ambassadors to engage in our contract action terminal walks and assist in our readiness for our next picketing event and future polling. Thank you, Gina Fowlkes, Sara Parks and Alex Roberts for joining Dylan Shaw as our new contract action team (DCA/IAD/BWI).

Together WE are Strong and WE are STRONGER TOGETHER!

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Are You Dues Current in Order To Vote?

As we enter this critical phase in negotiations, it is imperative that all members are in good standing. You must be an active member in good standing to participate in Union activities such as voting.

You must log into APFA.org to see your balance. To log in, select ‘Log In’ from the right corner. Log in using your employee number and password (if you don’t remember your password or you have not yet set one, select ‘Forgot Password’). We must have a valid personal email address on file (AA Email is not allowed) for your account to be active. If you do not have an email address on file or if the email address is incorrect, please email [email protected].

Please make sure that APFA has your most updated contact information. Click ‘Update Information‘ to update your information in ‘My Account‘.

In Solidarity,

John Pennel
APFA DCA Base President
[email protected]

Dianne Britton
APFA DCA Base Vice President
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Lisa Barnes
APFA DCA Base Council Representative – Allocations
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